Zhao Nan
Current Secretary-general
Dr. Zhao Nan has long been engaged in port researches including regional port development strategic planning, port development policy studies, port management, shipping center and other related studies. She hosted the annual compilation of Global Port Development Report and developed the Service Efficiency Index of global major container ports using AIS big data academic. She also undertook more than 80 research projects entrusted by the government and enterprises. She has made successful projects such as shipping system design of free trade zones and the construction planning of free trade ports in Shanghai, Fujian and Hainan; international shipping center studies in Shanghai, Dalian, Tianjin, Wuhan and Guangzhou, and development strategy studies for port & shipping service industry in Tianjin, Hebei, Lianyungang, Jiangsu, Ningbo, Fujian, Guangzhou and other places. She also participated in the research on Maritime Power - World-Class Port by the Water Transport Bureau of Ministry of Transport. Many of her special reports have been approved by national leaders and provincial and ministerial leaders.
Yin Ming
Former Secretary-general
Prof. & Dr. Yin Ming serves as Party Secretary of Shanghai International Shipping Institute Committee of CPC and deputy secretary general of SISI, whose academic interests cover theory & business of international shipping, planning & management of transportation, and management & engineering of logistics. Prof. & Dr. Yin was invited to work in the headquarters of NORDEN A/S, Copenhagen Denmark, as a management supporter in 2006, and to conduct his post doctor research in Pusan National University, Korea from 2010 to 2011. Since 2011, as the first member of the SMU faculty delegation, he has been visiting Regional Maritime University, Ghana regularly to deliver lectures to full-time undergraduates from different African countries. He also delivers the National Excellent Open Online Course (NEOOC) – Containerization: A Revolution of the Carriage of Goods by Sea and the Key Course of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (SMEC) – Theory and Practice for Liner Shipping. In addition, Prof. & Dr. YIN is often invited to deliver lectures by domestic/foreign companies, joint ventures, industrial organizations and governmental authorities, which also earns him a very good academic and social reputation. Prof. & Dr. Yin is now heading one project sponsored by National Natural Science Fund of China (NSFC), two by Ministry of Education of China (MOE), and two by SMEC, and have participated in dozens of projects sponsored/supported by national, provincial, or ministerial fund and companies. He has published and coauthored dozens of books and several dozens of papers in Computers & Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering – Theory & Practice, Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Journal of System Simulation, etc., many of which have been indexed by SCI, SSCI, EI, CSSCI, ISTP and/or ISSHP. For his continuous outstanding performance, Prof. & Dr. Yin has won many prizes awarded by Shanghai Municipal Government, Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, and Shanghai Maritime University.
Zhen Hong